Could You Survive An Apocalypse..?

vannagirl said:

Zenbane said:

I don't think snowdog would even know that the apocalypse is happening. He'd probably still be in his room working on his VR Game

:p

Hahahaha

yes I know right

wow these Zombies are so life likeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 

When the apocalypse starts make sure you get to mine. We will rebuild the human race together. B)

Honestly speaking i cant. I am not clever enough and i dont know how to survive in harsh conditions.

snowdog said:

When the apocalypse starts make sure you get to mine. We will rebuild the human race together. B)

With my l33t survival skills, I'm going to have the dozen hottest girls in the neighbourhood for my harem.

Rebuilding the human race will be hard work, but I'm up to the job.

Toilet paper and the like ran out after a few days, no running water just intense heat, no make-up but a lot of sweat, bacteria and infections; rebuilding the human race might not be an easy job - but I guess our ancestors did manage 500,000 years ago too  :D

And some inspiration for nutrition (and movies to watch) - I guess when electricity and the fridge stop, most of us will be in severe trouble after 4 days or so...

Well you would have:

1) 1-6 hours to 1-2 days of grid power before something in a coal power plant or nuclear would shut it self down. In places that get their power from other sources such as wind - water - sun - could last into the 6 months to a year range, but weather would slowly eat away at the power lines resulting in power failures around the town. I would power up as many devices as you can during this time such as flash lights, power banks, and other small electronic devices such as a radio, clocks, etc. I would also waste the energy and start downloading and printing maps, survival tips, how to build some things like wind mails, how to grow food {such as corn, wheat, etc}, how to raise meat stock, how to hook up solar panels, etc. Even if you are the only human left - knowing how to make these more advance technology means you have slightly better chance of living for many years. If you do find people - you just became the most important person with in the group.

2) Power sources such as fuel would grant you another 1-5 years if there are not that many humans around. This could help to keep things cold for a little time to build out ice caves. Clean water, cook food, give light, etc etc, but after 5 years gas would have evaporated or be so water down it would be useless. If you are willing to travel - you could in theory still have enough fuel for another 30 years if you collect the propane tanks and use it to generate power as well.

3) Food expires much faster though - so even if you make ice caves to help keep it cold without wasting a ton of energy to keep it cold - you would only net 7 days to 1 month. In some cases - you could net up to 6 months if you freeze it instead. The problem is after a year or two - you will HAVE to get get food from other sources and that might be harder than one might think if the undead is chasing you and infecting the same food you eat such as meats (deer, chicken, birds, etc). Depending on where you live - you might not even have access to much of anything. But the biggies problem will be water and cleaning said water all the time. We waste a ton of energy every day just cleaning it and recycling what we currently have. You could collect some with rain - but not every location rains enough to keep and store said water.

At that point you would be better off moving locations from a well suited plenty of supply location - over to a location that might be out of the way such as a farm, lake, or river. This may be good or bad - but it will force you to rethink on what you can do or not do in many cases. 

Just came to think about it, I still have this movie shrink-wrapped (saw it in 2D in the cinema first, bought the 3D version later) - maybe I should see it tonight...


I've always wondered how they manage in the desert - no one seems to be carrying toilet paper, and I don't see any trees with nice big leaves... 

I'm not trying to change the thread's subject to post-apocalyptic movies, but The Road is simply awesome too (so food and guns may not be enough - you may need to travel to the right/secure locations, and to avoid confrontations etc.):

nah.. nor would i want to.

There shouldn't be too many problems keeping things cool. Just find yourself a lake or river that you can keep stuff in. It'll get warm ish in the Summer but should be cool enough to stop stuff going mouldy in a hurry.

The biggest worry I have is not having a Hoover and washing machine. I'm not too sure how @vannagirl is going to do all of my cleaning without them.

snowdog said:

There shouldn't be too many problems keeping things cool. Just find yourself a lake or river that you can keep stuff in. It'll get warm ish in the Summer but should be cool enough to stop stuff going mouldy in a hurry.

The biggest worry I have is not having a Hoover and washing machine. I'm not too sure how @vannagirl is going to do all of my cleaning without them.

She is a strong independent woman that doesn't need no man.